This chapter provides an introduction to end‐of‐life social work practice. It defines end‐of‐
life care, including hospice, palliative care, and pediatric care, and describes the roles that …

Social workers who provide end-of-life care do not always see themselves as clinicians. This
paper identifies what is clinical in work with the dying. Social workers routinely elicit sources …

In recent years, there has been a movement to increase the availability of palliative and end-
of-life care for patients and families. This is due in part to foundation and government …

Burke, Altilio, & Christ, 2001). In 2002 PDIA convened a group of social work experts in
endof-life care who developed an agenda to improve care for dying individuals and their …

Social workers are trained to provide psychosocial support to individuals and families
experiencing significant life transitions in a wide variety of settings. Within healthcare, and …

This paper reviews the professional literature with respect to the social work profession's
involvement in end-of-life care. The search process was conducted by entering key words in …

End‐of‐life care is inarguably one of the most critical issues facing health today. Social
workers play a vital role with patients and families who are facing chronic illness and the end …

Abstract The second Social Work Summit on End-of-Life and Palliative Care was held from
June 1 to June 3, 2005. Sixty representatives of more than 35 social work and other …

Dying is a social experience, changing irrevocably the family and social networks around
each individual who dies. Older people are a growing proportion of the population and need …

This article describes the National Association of Social Workers'(NASW) strategies for
providing social workers with important practice and policy information about palliative and …